Aaj ka din kutchh ajeeb sa nikla
Haalaanki savera bhi hua
Aur sooraj bhi nikla
Raaston par aamad-daraft bhi rahee
Aur bazaaron mein raunaq bhi……..

Dopahar apnee tanhayiyon ko samete
Sooraj ke jaane ka intezar kartee rahee
Jab tak ki shaam nein
apne hathon mein uska haath lekar
Andhere ki chadar uske upar daal dee
Aisa laga ki raat ho gayee

Raat bhi aayee
Aasman mein chaand sitaron ka
Nazara bhi tha
Thandak bhi
Lekin kahin par
Kutchh na hone ka ehsaas
Bhi raha

Kutchh qami si rahee
Saanson ko chalne ka
Intezar hi raha
Aur dil yuhin
Bewajah dhardkta raha………..

Shayad
Tumhaare yahan na hone ka
Ehsaas
Poore din ko kutchh
Ajeeb sa
Kar chala………….

Today
The day passed off rather strangely
Although
Morning did arrive
And Sun also came up
The roads had regular movement
And the markets remained busy……….

The noon
Holding its loneliness
Kept waiting for Sun to bow out
Till the evening held its hand
In its own
And covered it with a dark sheet
It looked as if it was night….

The night also descended
The sky was illuminated by
Stars and Moon
It was cold
But somewhere
The feeling of something amiss
Was acutely felt

Something missing out
The breaths kept on waiting
for its rhythm, and
the heart kept beating on
without any rhyme or reason

Maybe
The feeling of
Your being missed
Made the whole day
Strange
Very strange………..

~Mukul~

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